12:43 PM: A suspect is in custody in connection with the killing of a man who was trying to sell a PlayStation 4 in San Francisco on Sunday, a police spokeswoman said today.
Police are not yet releasing details about the suspect, who is believed to have shot 22-year-old Ikenna Uwakah at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, police spokeswoman Sgt. Danielle Newman said.
Police said Uwakah, a Daly City resident, had arranged online to meet the suspect and sell him the gaming console, but the suspect stole it and shot Uwakah while he was still in his car.
Uwakah was driven away from the scene of the shooting, which occurred near Mendell Street and Galvez Avenue in the city’s Bayview District, to an area near Bayshore Boulevard and Jerrold Avenue, where he was found by officers, said Lt. Tim Plyer from the Police Department’s homicide detail.
He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and died there a short time later, police said.
Before the arrest, police had described the suspect as a man in his 20s or 30s.
The killing remains under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Police Department’s homicide detail at (415) 553-1145, the anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a tip by text message to TIP411 with “SFPD” in the message.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
10:41 AM: A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco on Sunday after arranging online to sell a PlayStation 4 has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 22-year-old Ikenna Uwakah.
Uwakah, a Daly City resident, was shot at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday near Mendell Street and Hudson Avenue in the city’s Bayview District.
Uwakah had agreed to meet with the suspect to sell him the gaming console, but instead the suspect stole it and shot Uwakah while he was still in his car, according to police.
He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
The suspect, described only as a man in his 20s or 30s, had not been found as of this morning, Esparza said.
Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the Police Department’s homicide detail at (415) 553-1145, the anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a tip by text message to TIP411 with “SFPD” in the message.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
